Rózsafüzér Királynéja templom

In Hungary, the Rózsafüzér Királynéja templom rises as a vast Dominican church with one soaring tower and another lower one. Antal Hofhauser designed the building in the early twentieth century. Its Latin-cross plan creates a spacious nave, a semicircular apse, and room for four thousand people, with wheelchair access throughout.

Inside, Miksa Róth’s stained-glass windows cast coloured light across the Carrara-marble main altar. The altar presents the Queen of the Rosary with the child Jesus, alongside Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena. Niches below hold Saint Pius V and Saint Albert the Great, while Lajos Ligeti’s side altars honour the Sacred Heart and Saint Joseph. Béla Kontuly’s 1940s transept frescoes continue these saints’ stories in painted scenes.

War damage and a fire in 1997 brought severe losses, yet restoration reopened the church in 2009. At the entrance, a large Tyrolean Cross recalls its journey here by hand in 1930. It later stood on the altar during a papal Mass, giving the doorway a detail connected with both pilgrimage and ceremony.